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Harvey Silverglate: Would Obama recognize criminal justice reform if it stuck him in the eye?

Justice

What the president got wrong about criminal justice reform.

The World

WikiLeaks: the backstory from the editor of the NY Times

Conflict & Justice
Edward Snowden

Orwellian threats caused the New York Times to spike a story on NSA spying way back in 2004

Global Politics
Edward Snowden

Orwellian threats caused the New York Times to spike a story on NSA spying way back in 2004

Global Politics

Kerry: “High Confidence” Syria Used Chemical Weapons

Bill Keller on the Death of Anthony Shadid

This morning we are heartbroken to report that Anthony Shadid of our partner The New York Times is no longer one of the survivors. The veteran Middle East correspondent for The Times, Washington Post and Boston Globe and long time voice on this program has died. A fatal asthma attack while he was reporting in […]

New York Times’ Jill Abramson on Leading the Paper

In September, Jill Abramson will replace Bill Keller as the executive editor of The New York Times. Abramson has been at The New York Times since 1997, joining the paper as its Washington bureau chief. She has been the managing editor since 2003. She discusses the role of the Times in the digital era, how […]

The World

Bill Keller explains why The New York Times held the story of captured Taliban commander

Global Politics

Last night’s breaking news that allied troops captured a top Taliban commander was actually uncovered by The New York Times last week. White House officials asked the paper to hold the story to avoid compromising intelligence gathering activities.

The World

Bill Keller on rescued reporter Stephen Farrell

This morning New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell was rescued by military commandos during a raid in Afghanistan. For more of the back story, we talk to New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller.

The World

In Pakistan, a Secret Hostage Makes His Escape

Arts, Culture & Media

Journalist David Rohde escaped the Taliban captors who had been holding him hostage since November. This situation was kept secret to protect Rohde, but Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, joins The Takeaway now to tell the story.